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Identity_session

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Stream of Consciousness notes on Identity session

 

AUDIO STREAM: http://barcamp.org/f/ID-barcamp_08_26_2006.ogg

 

 

Who are experts? No clear leaders

 

Topics:

Anonymity

Reputation

Verify / Authorization / Authentication

Openness

Control - User content

 

 

Passport

SXIP

Yaddis

 

 

Lots of People/Companies doing Identity ...

 

Who is in control?

 

Who are the Stakeholders?

 

Lid - openID (six apart)

 

 

What is an open ID system? Who is working on them?

Who is the Dick on my site?

- user@domain login system

- posting over your identity

- central concern: Amazon and Netflicks both know all this stuff, and each have different systems.

- Amazon owns it, not the person

 

 

How do people get control of their own identity?

 

 

Isn't this just email addresses?

 

- problems with anonymity

 

 

Exchange of information is SEPARATE from authorization and authentication

 

Different orthogonal issues: what are they?

 

- authentication - verify who you are who you are

- data sharing: exchange, profiles / buddy lists

- control / access rights / authorization,complementary

- who wants what? the big player vs small players

 

 

Where is the problem?

identity theft

sockpuppets

defacto lock-in (business)

desire to share

 

 

Gmail account -> easy login to all Google services...

 

Technical Structural barriers -

if we replace technical barriers with convenience barriers, no big win.

 

Microsoft not playing fair to allow true data portability (Word formats).

 

OpenID?

 

Two options: hold data yourself or trust a third party

 

Gator.com - ???

 

7 laws of Identity

http://www.identityblog.com/?page_id=352/#lawsofiden_topic3

 

Concept of an identity provider:

a big central organization is a bad idea

anyone can be a provider

 

How do you build trust on top of OpenID

 

 

Various level of trust at different locations.

 

 

Infocard from Microsoft. Another open ID system

 

 

Corporate distrust.

 

Yaddis adopting different ID providers, ranked - a market in identity systems.

 

 

single sign on possibe ...

 

pushing the ID control back to the individual.

 

 

Having single signon, control by the user.

 

 

Liberty Commons - Jan 2005 presentation.

Middleman between identity providers

 

 

ACTIONS?

 

Easy or convenient technologies

Solving small defined problems

AN INDIVIDUAL can solve a problem. Do it.